Pre-season round-up

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Leicester started their pre-season campaign with a 2-1 victory over Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium on Tuesday.

The Premier League champions named a strong starting line-up that included Riyad Mahrez, Robert Huth, Danny Drinkwater and Wes Morgan, whose new contract was announced shortly before kick-off.

With N’Golo Kante sold to Chelsea, Hamza Choudhury started in central midfield along with Drinkwater.

It was League One newcomers Oxford who took the lead after 13 minutes, though, when Chris Maguire’s free-kick beat the dive of Kasper Schmeichel.

Demarai Gray and Choudhury were the Foxes’ standout players of the first half and it was Gray who scored the equaliser in the 28th minute, firing home from just inside the box.

Record signing Ahmed Musa was introduced at the break along with fellow summer signings Luis Hernandez and Ron-Robert Zieler.

The Foxes dominated the second half and substitute Jeffrey Schlupp secured victory when he drilled in a low shot on 69 minutes.

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